The Gilded Age Quiz: 14 Multiple-Choice Questions


Drawing of women applying for work during the Gilded Age main

Directions: Choose the best answer for each question.

1. What was the Gilded Age? 

a) A period of economic growth and industrialization 

b) A time of political corruption and social inequality 

c) A period of artistic and cultural flourishing 

d) A time of peace and prosperity

2. Who was the president during the Gilded Age? 

a) Abraham Lincoln

b) Ulysses S. Grant 

c) James A. Garfield 

d) Theodore Roosevelt

3. What was the main industry during the Gilded Age? 

a) Agriculture 

b) Textiles 

c) Steel 

d) Oil

4. What was the name of the famous book that exposed the corruption of the Gilded Age? 

a) The Jungle 

b) The Grapes of Wrath 

c) The Great Gatsby 

d) The Shame of the Cities

5. What was the name of the political movement that emerged during the Gilded Age? 

a) Populism 

b) Progressivism 

c) Conservatism 

d) Liberalism

6. Who was the famous industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry during the Gilded Age?

a) John D. Rockefeller 

b) Andrew Carnegie 

c) J.P. Morgan 

d) Cornelius Vanderbilt

7. What was the name of the labor union that emerged during the Gilded Age? 

a) American Federation of Labor b) Knights of Labor c) Industrial Workers of the World d) United Mine Workers

8. What was the name of the law that restricted immigration during the Gilded Age? 

a) The Chinese Exclusion Act 

b) The Immigration Act of 1882 

c) The National Origins Act 

d) The Emergency Quota Act

9. What was the name of the famous court case that legalized segregation during the Gilded Age? 

a) Plessy v. Ferguson 

b) Brown v. Board of Education 

c) Roe v. Wade 

d) Miranda v. Arizona

10. What was the name of the famous scandal that involved the bribery of government officials during the Gilded Age? 

a) The Watergate Scandal 

b) The Teapot Dome Scandal 

c) The Credit Mobilier Scandal 

d) The Iran-Contra Affair

11. Who were the muckrakers? 

a) A group of investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices 

b) A group of wealthy industrialists who supported political reform 

c) A group of artists and writers who celebrated the beauty of nature 

d) A group of politicians who advocated for civil rights

12. What was the name of the famous muckraker who exposed the meatpacking industry? 

a) Upton Sinclair 

b) Ida Tarbell 

c) Lincoln Steffens 

d) Ray Stannard Baker

13. What was the name of the famous muckraker who exposed the Standard Oil Company? 

a) Upton Sinclair 

b) Ida Tarbell 

c) Lincoln Steffens 

d) Ray Stannard Baker

14. What was the name of the famous book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the meatpacking industry? 

a) The Jungle 

b) The Grapes of Wrath 

c) The Great Gatsby 

d) The Shame of the Cities

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